Down-regulation of Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein (GFAP) during the development of a marine fish (Dentex dentex L.)

Scientia Marina

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 357-360

  Busquets, Xavier ^a   Morales Nin, Beatriz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dentex dentex; Glia; Glial fibrillary acidic protein; Immunoblot; Marine fish development; Western blot

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006387986     PISSN: 02148358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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